Every two years at APSCON all positions within the organisational structure of APS are declared vacant and new members are elected for the next two year period. We have just gone through that process. I would like to extend thanks to the previous Chair, Peter Manchester, and his committee for doing such a good job in moving the division forward with new innovations and activities.

Following is a list Council members who will serve for the period 2012-2014. An asterisk indicates a member new to council. I would like to formally welcome them all and thank them for offering their time and skills for the betterment of Digital Division.

COUNCILLOR'S NAME

POSITION

COUNCILLOR'S NAME

POSITION

Robert Dettman

Chair/Competitions coordinator

Charles McKean AAPS

Councillor

Phillipa Frederiksen EFIAP FAPS SSAPA

Deputy Chair/Secretary

*David Rowlands

Councillor

Peter Manchester AFIAP AAPS HonFAPS

Immediate Past Chair

Graeme Guy AFIAP FAPS

Councillor

*Robert Douglas

Treasurer

Graeme Watson EFIAP FAPS ESAPS PPSA

Councillor

Graham Harris

Monitor editor

*Hans Schmidt

Councillor

Dennis Nolan

Programmer for digital upload system

*Maureen Maxwell AFIAP LAPS

Competitions coordinator

Pele Leung

DVD catalogues

Paul Bennie FAPS

Councillor

Lynne Bennie

Social Coordinator

*Rene Martens

Councillor

*Andy Smylie AAPS

Councillor

Ron Jackson AFIAP FAPS

Councillor

In these times of rapid change and innovation I think it is important to introduce new people who can be a source of fresh new ideas, so as you can see, the new committee is large with six new people who responded to my invitation to join the division council together with returning "old" members.

Approximately 40% of APS members are members of Digital Division. That implies we are a group with diverse interests. The Council is responsible for returning value to the members, so we will be a busy group, attempting to cater for as many of those interests as possible.